From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#29367: 27.0.50; State and doc of `inline' Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 09:11:44 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <87mv3gvka2.fsf@web.de> <1rlgj0tyql.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <873758vbuo.fsf@web.de> <87po8bshvf.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1511284341 30722 195.159.176.226 (21 Nov 2017 17:12:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:12:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 29367@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen , Richard Stallman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 21 18:12:15 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eHC5m-0007Mj-5P for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:12:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35647 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eHC5q-0005mR-CT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:12:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51424) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eHC5f-0005jO-U5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:12:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eHC5a-0000hO-9L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:12:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:42621) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eHC5a-0000hH-5m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:12:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eHC5Z-0003R8-Oh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:12:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:12:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 29367 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 29367-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B29367.151128431613200 (code B ref 29367); Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:12:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 29367) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Nov 2017 17:11:56 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51302 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eHC5U-0003Qq-J4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:11:56 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:37305) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eHC5T-0003Qd-FH for 29367@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:11:55 -0500 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id vALHBmbd019574 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:11:49 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id vALHBksc011899 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:11:47 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0010.oracle.com (abhmp0010.oracle.com [141.146.116.16]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id vALHBkfC008840; Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:11:46 GMT In-Reply-To: <87po8bshvf.fsf@web.de> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.4615.0 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:140208 Archived-At: > > What is the purpose of 'inline'? > > 'inline' appears to be an alias for 'progn'. > > Does it have some magic difference? >=20 > The purpose seems to be to let the byte compiler inline > function calls for efficiency reasons. In that case, it would seem to correspond to what, in Common Lisp, would be a declaration (`declare'). In Common Lisp, declarations are supposed to be documented, even when implementation-specific. They are something a user provides, so users need to know about them.